Independent Press Top 40 Best Sellers

For the week ending

Sunday, March 8th, 2026

The Independent Publishers Caucus & NEIBA proudly presents the Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers! In partnership with the American Booksellers Association, this new bestseller list identities the top titles from independent presses as represented at independent bookstores across the US.

FICTION

1. Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, 9780802165176
2. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, 9781945492600
3. Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, 9780802158741
4. Mona's Eyes
Thomas Schlesser, Europa Editions, 9798889661115
5. The Odyssey
Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.), Norton, 9780393356250
6. You Better Be Lightning
Andrea Gibson, Button Poetry, 9781943735990
7. Culpability
Bruce Holsinger, Spiegel & Grau, 9781954118966
8. The Library of Amorlin: Deluxe Limited Edition (The Age of Beasts #1)
Kalyn Josephson, Erewhon Books, 9781645662631
9. Orbital
Samantha Harvey, Grove Press, 9780802163622
10. Foster
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, 9780802160140
11. Writers & Lovers
Lily King, Grove Press, 9780802148544
12. Hungerstone
Kat Dunn, Zando, 9781638934028
13. The Berry Pickers
Amanda Peters, Catapult, 9781646222384
14. The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother): A Novel (National Book Award Winner)
Rabih Alameddine, Grove Press, 9780802166470
15. The Disappointment
Scott Broker, Catapult, 9781646222858
16. My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, 9781609450786
17. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, 9780393356687
18. Field Notes from an Extinction
Eoghan Walls, Seven Stories Press, 9781644215340
19. The Land in Winter
Andrew Miller, Europa Editions, 9798889661566
20. The Once and Future Queen: Deluxe Limited Edition
Paula Lafferty, Erewhon Books, 9781645662891
21. The Star from Calcutta (A Perveen Mistry Novel #5)
Sujata Massey, Soho Crime, 9781641295093
22. The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, 9780802162731
23. Startlement: New and Selected Poems
Ada Limon, Milkweed Editions, 9781639550517
24. Repetition: A Novel
Vigdis Hjorth, Verso Fiction, 9781804298947
25. Canticle
Janet Rich Edwards, Spiegel & Grau, 9781966302056
26. The Resurrectionist: Deluxe Stenciled Edges
A.Rae Dunlap, Kensington, 9781496750358
27. Women of a Promiscuous Nature
Donna Everhart, Kensington, 9781496740724
28. Kindred
Octavia E. Butler, Beacon Press, 9780807083697
29. Slow Horses (Deluxe Edition) (Slough House #1)
Mick Herron, Soho Crime, 9781641292979
30. The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions
Larry Mitchell, Ned Asta (Illus.), Nightboat Books, 9781643620060
31. Hollow (Book 1 in the Crown of Hearts & Chaos series)
Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti, King's Hollow, 9781916926585
32. Behind Closed Doors: Deluxe Limited Edition (Kept In Paradise #1)
Shain Rose, Kensington, 9781496758170
33. Carmilla
 Deluxe Edition: The Dark Sapphic Romance that Inspired Dracula, Sheridan Le Fanu, Pushkin Press, 9781805332121
34. Go as a River
Shelley Read, Spiegel & Grau, 9781954118638
35. 33 Place Brugmann
Alice Austen, Grove Press, 9780802166982
36. So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, 9780802160850
37. I See You've Called in Dead
John Kenney, Zibby Publishing, 9798989923014
38. Convenience Store Woman
Sayaka Murata, Grove Press, 9780802129628
39. Victorian Psycho
Virginia Feito, Liveright, 9781631498633
40. The Trees: A Novel
Percival Everett, Graywolf Press, 9781644450642

NONFICTION

1. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
John U. Bacon, Liveright, 9781324094647
2. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, 9781571313560
3. The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change
Rebecca Solnit, Haymarket Books, 9798888904510
4. The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary
Terry Tempest Williams, Grove Press, 9780802165848
5. On Democracy
Walt Whitman, Library of America, 9781598538465
6. Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)
Dean Spade, Verso, 9781836742555
7. Guinness World Records 2026
Guinness World Records, Guinness World Records, 9781913484750
8. Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)
Dean Spade, Verso, 9781839762123
9. I'm Just a Little Guy: How to Escape the Horrors and Get Back to Dillydallying
Charlie James, Paige Tompkins (Illus.), Quirk Books, 9781683694946
10. Ursula K. Le Guin's Book of Cats
Ursula K. Le Guin, Library of America, 9781598538298
11. Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, 9780807014271
12. The Road Less Triggered: Turning Conflict Into Connection with a Single Choice
Kelly Flanagan, Fleming H. Revell Company, 9780800747558
13. Stuff Every Bird Lover Should Know (Stuff You Should Know #32)
Alice Sun, Quirk Books, 9781683695141
14. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Oregon State University Press, 9780870714993
15. A Philosophy of Walking
Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.), Verso, 9781804290446
16. The Company of Owls: A Memoir
Polly Atkin, Milkweed Editions, 9781639551804
17. How to Relax (Mindfulness Essentials #5)
Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, 9781941529089
18. How to Dream (Mindfulness Essentials #12)
Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, 9781952692994
19. On Censorship
Ai Weiwei, Thames & Hudson, 9780500030820
20. We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution
Jill Lepore, Liveright, 9781631496080
21. Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation
Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Liveright, 9781631499050
22. Don't Believe Everything You Think: Why Your Thinking Is The Beginning & End Of Suffering
Joseph Nguyen, Authors Equity, 9798893310153
23. Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis
Kelly Hayes (Ed.), AK Press, 9781849355841
24. The Overthinker's Guide to Making Decisions: How to Make Decisions without Losing Your Mind (Books By Joseph Nguyen)
Joseph Nguyen, Authors Equity, 9798893310665
25. P Fkn R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance
Vanessa Díaz, Petra R. Rivera-Rideau, Duke University Press, 9781478033332
26. Duct Tape and White Lies: A Woman's Practical Guide to Real Life Success
Emily Lampkin, Regalo Press, 9798895654996
27. On Civil Disobedience
Henry David Thoreau, Hannah Arendt, Library of America, 9781598537918
28. Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature
Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian, Spiegel & Grau, 9781954118904
29. Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement
Angela Y. Davis, Haymarket Books, 9781608465644
30. Constitution of the United States
Founding Fathers, Applewood Books, 9781557091055
31. Assata: An Autobiography
Assata Shakur, Lawrence Hill Books, 9781556520747
32. How to Love (Mindfulness Essentials #3)
Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.), Parallax Press, 9781937006884
33. A Black Queer History of the United States (ReVisioning History)
C. Riley Snorton, Darius Bost, Beacon Press, 9780807008553
34. How to Resist Amazon and Why: The Fight for Local Economics, Data Privacy, Fair Labor, Independent Bookstores, and a People-Powered Future!
Danny Caine, Microcosm Publishing, 9781648411236
35. The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd's Life
Helen Whybrow, Milkweed Editions, 9781571311627
36. Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories
 Wild Possibilities, Rebecca Solnit, Haymarket Books, 9781608465767
37. H Is for Hawk
Helen Macdonald, Grove Press, 9780802124739
38. How to Focus (Mindfulness Essentials #9)
Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.), Parallax Press, 9781952692178
39. The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
Margaret Renkl, Spiegel & Grau, 9781954118461
40. S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome
Mary Beard, Liveright, 9781631492228